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[David Horn]

(09-11-2019, 10:27 AM)Ragnarök_62 Wrote:

(09-07-2019, 09:45 PM)John J. Xenakis Wrote: ** 07-Sep-2019 Compromising on national security

(09-07-2019, 09:31 PM)Warren Dew Wrote: >   The issue is that people like Bolton and Pompeo insist that China
>   compromise on national security issues as well.  I can't think of
>   a case where a nation has compromised on national security issues.
>  

Just off the top of my head:

• America compromised on national security issues when it allowed
  China for 30 years to cheat and extort on trade issues, and steal
  intellectual property.
  
  
• America compromised on national security issues when George Bush
  ended North Korean sanctions in 2007
  
  
• America compromised on national security issues when it signed the
  Iran nuclear treaty, after making one concession after another.
  
  
• America is compromising on national security issues right now with
  the faracical peace negotiations with the Taliban in
  Afghanistan.
  

I'm sure we can come up with a bunch more if we tried.

Yup, in the name of globalization, John.   I wouldn't say it was "the US".  Now if we explain why this happened , then the finger of blame points to multinational corporations and their toadies in all manner of places in the US government.

Well said.  There is a reckoning coming at some point.  Gilded Age 2.0 will be no more durable than its predecessor, and the fall from the dizzying heights will be no less dramatic.  Sooner would be better.